Heavy Nettle

@heavynettle
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A quiet space on the www.
Il faut cultiver son jardin.
In Cork, Ireland

A garden's rebirth 9 months after being caught in a devastating forest fire and everything was reduced to ashes. Resilience, hope and food security start in the home and in the garden.

No land, no soil? No problem. A single pot or window planter maintained with care can support a healthy diet in many ways. That's the magic of herbs.

The wild mediterranean way

One sowing many harvests

Here's a big bunch of parsley for the freezer. Enough to go through the winter untill the leaves grow strong again.

#permaculture #organic #gardening #food #costcutting

Autumn colours

Flowering currant

Green beans fresh from the garden in October? Yes please!
Climate changes... we adapt.

It's "just" a clematis left to grow in a bush. Not the nicest sight maybe, yet it provides spectacular white flowering first thing in Spring and beautiful sturdy shelter for our tiny friends year round.

#birds #robin #hedges #hedgesforbirds #organicfarming #organicgardening

Beautiful friend. Caterpillar on rhubarb leave. Yes s/he will eat part of it. Yes the garden is massively populated with butterflies this year. Yes I have plenty of rhubarb to harvest. Yes to life 😊 yes to sharing.

Purple Queen, my favourite bean. 2.5kg 💚
Zero chemical, minimal watering despite the heat

#harvest #organic #ChemicalFreeFood #permaculture #polytunnel

A touch of colour